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About the Role

The role is responsible for the safe and efficient maintenance, repair, replacement, refurbishment, and testing of HV Power Protection assets across the Power estate.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance on Protection relays across a wide range of HV, LV and DC plant to extend service life.
• Conduct reactive maintenance and fault diagnosis on control and protection circuits, battery chargers, earthing systems, and power quality equipment.
• Test and commission new or altered protection systems, earthing, transformers, and motor/generator sets to ensure compliance with LU standards.
• Install and process load monitoring equipment/data to optimize protection settings.
• Interrogate relays via HMI and laptop, download/upload settings, analyze disturbance records, and perform fault diagnosis.
• Troubleshoot control, protection, and communications circuits using protocols like 61850 and GOOSE messaging.
• Create and edit Work Instructions, Task Detail Sheets, Risk Assessments, and Method Statements.
• Train and mentor apprentices and new starters to support succession planning.

Requirements

• Ability to read electrical drawings, schematics, single line diagrams, third angle projections, and block diagrams.
• Comfortable working with technology, hand tools, and in an electrical environment with safety requirements.
• Computer literate (Word, Excel, Teams, OneDrive, Sharepoint) with strong report writing ability.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Good communication skills applicable to safety-critical communications.
• Positive approach and ability to remain calm in difficult fault-finding situations.
• Comfortable working as part of a small, close-knit team.
• Self-motivated with a keen mind for learning.
• Full valid UK driving license.
• Experience working in power distribution/substations/transformer rooms.
• Knowledge and experience of HV & LV switchgear and AC/DC circuits.
• Experience testing and fault finding on power distribution protection systems, from electromechanical disc relays to modern IEDs.
• Experience working with batteries, chargers, and UPS systems is desired.
• Familiarity with communications protocols and copper/fibre pilot systems is desired.
• Experience within a railway distribution network is desired.
• All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right to work checks.
• Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.
• TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Skills

• Electrical drawing interpretation
• Technology and hand tool proficiency
• Electrical safety awareness
• Computer literacy (Word, Excel, Teams, OneDrive, Sharepoint)
• Report writing
• Planning, organizing, and prioritizing
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving under pressure
• Teamwork
• Self-motivation
• Adaptability and learning agility
• Driving license

Location

• Tufnell Park

Work Type

• Permanent
• Fixed shift (2 weeks days, 1 week nights)
• Hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow

Experience Level

• Experience operating in the field of HV distribution networks, particularly with electrical protection systems will be considered.
• Qualifications as Senior Authorised/Authorised Person for the isolation and restoration of HV/LV switchgear is an advantage.
• Experience working in a team within a railway environment would also be an advantage.

Education Level

• ONC (or equivalent), or higher in Electrical Engineering/Substation Fitter/Electrification Technician (or similar)

Salary/Compensations

• £74,073

Benefits

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
• 29 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel

About the Company

• Transport for London (TfL) is committed to work-life balance.

Equal Opportunity

• We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation.
• Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible.
• We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
• We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.